Soul Picnic

Author: Michele Kort
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250122619
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
Laura Nyro was a beloved and pioneering singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s, whose songs were covered with great success by the Fifth Dimension; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Three Dog Night; and Barbra Streisand. This first biography from Michele Kort, Soul Picnic, uncovers previously never revealed details, including a love affair with Jackson Browne, and her relationship with painter Maria Desiderio. Unappreciated in her time, Nyro's legacy is currently experiencing a revival. With her groundbreakingly honest and passionate lyrics, her unusual and innovative rhythms and melody, Nyro's influence is still felt by singers and songwriters today.

Soul

Author: Monique Guillory
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814730841
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Book Description
No other word in the English language is more endemic to contemporary Black American culture and identity than "Soul". Since the 1960s Soul has been frequently used to market and sell music, food, and fashion. However, Soul also refers to a pervasive belief in the capacity of the Black body/spirit to endure the most trying of times in an ongoing struggle for freedom and equality. While some attention has been given to various genre manifestations of Soul-as in Soul music and food-no book has yet fully explored the discursive terrain signified by the term. In this broad-ranging, free-spirited book, a diverse group of writers, artists, and scholars reflect on the ubiquitous but elusive concept of Soul. Topics include: politics and fashion, Blaxploitation films, language, literature, dance, James Brown, and Schoolhouse Rock. Among the contributors are Angela Davis, Manning Marable, Paul Gilroy, Lyle Ashton Harris, Michelle Wallace, Ishmael Reed, Greg Tate, Manthia Diawara, and dream hampton.

Weekends with Soul

Author: Bridget Hilton-Barber
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864864833
Category : Hotels
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description

All Music Guide to Soul

Author: Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1617134961
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 4139

Book Description
This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the legions of fans of the beloved and perennially popular music known as soul and rhythm & blues. The latest in the definitive All Music Guide series, the All Music Guide to Soul offers nearly 8 500 entertaining and informative reviews that lead readers to the best recordings by more than 1 500 artists and help them find new music to explore. Informative biographies, essays and “music maps” trace R&B's growth from its roots in blues and gospel through its flowering in Memphis and Motown, to its many branches today. Complete discographies note bootlegs, important out-of-print albums, and import-only releases. “Extremely valuable and exhaustive.” – The Christian Science Monitor

California Soul

Author: Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520206281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
"Documented with great care and affection, this book is filled with revelations about the intermingling of peoples, styles of music, business interests, night-life pleasures, and the strange ways lived experience shaped black music as America's music in California." —Charles Keil, co-author of Music Grooves

Listen to Soul!

Author: James E. Perone
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 144087526X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of soul music for fans of the genre, with a focus on 50 must-hear singers, songs, and albums that define it. Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre provides both an overview and a critical analysis of what makes soul music in the United States. A list of 50 songs, albums, and musicians includes many of the best-known hits of the past and present as well as several important popular successes that are not necessarily on the "best-of" lists in other books. Like the other books in this series, this volume includes a background chapter followed by a chapter that contains 50 critical essays on must-hear albums, songs, and singers, approximately 1,500 words each. Chapters on the impact of soul music on popular culture and the legacy of the genre further explain the impact of these seminal compositions and musicians. This volume additionally includes a greater focus on soul music as a genre, making it a stand-out title on the topic for high school and college readers.

Jet

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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

Return of a Dead Pimp

Author: Hassan Stewart William Tappin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359366996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Return Of A Dead Pimp", centers around the story's central character, Jay Priest, a pimp who ends up winning the 1976 "International Player's Ball". After emerging victorious, Jay takes his pimping talents overseas, opening up a chain of brothels, aptly called, "Jack Off In The Box". Hating to see a black entrepreneur become a billionaire, the government decides to kill Jay's older brother, back home in Michigan, by having him get electrocuted at the automotive plant where he works.

Black Camelot

Author: William L. Van Deburg
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226847187
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
In the wake of the Kennedy era, a new kind of ethnic hero emerged within African-American popular culture. Uniquely suited to the times, burgeoning pop icons projected the values and beliefs of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, and reflected both the possibility and the actuality of a rapidly changing American landscape. In Black Camelot, William Van Deburg examines the dynamic rise of these new black champions, the social and historical contexts in which they flourished, and their powerful impact on the African-American community. "Van Deburg manages the enviable feat of writing with flair within a standardized academic framework, covering politics, social issues and entertainment with equal aplomb."—Jonathan Pearl, Jazz Times "[A] fascinating, thorough account of how African-American icons of the 1960s and '70s have changed the course of American history. . . . An in-depth, even-tempered analysis. . . . Van Deburg's witty, lively and always grounded style entertains while it instructs."—Publishers Weekly

The Rough Guide to Rock

Author: Peter Buckley
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781843531050
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1244

Book Description
Compiles career biographies of over 1,200 artists and rock music reviews written by fans covering every phase of rock from R & B through punk and rap.